ONE PATH: Optimizing Nutrition Education for Parents and Teachers for Healthy Growth
This proposal uses an innovative methodological framework, the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), to design an effective and efficient responsive feeding (RF) intervention that promotes child appetite self-regulation among a high-risk sample: families with preschoolers living in rural poverty. The principles of MOST emphasize efficiency, allowing identification of the most efficacious intervention components (i.e., components that contribute to treatment effects) while minimizing participant burden and cost. ONE PATH will intervene on \~760 families across 64 classrooms serving largely low-income, rural populations. ONE PATH will capitalize on the existing infrastructure with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education to engage trusted Extension educators making this model cost-effective, and increasing the potential for wide-scale dissemination and sustainability.
Conditions:
🦠 Childhood Obesity
🗓️ Study Start (Actual) 21 July 2022
🗓️ Primary Completion (Estimated) May 2025
✅ Study Completion (Estimated) August 2025
👥 Enrollment (Estimated) 768
🔬 Study Type INTERVENTIONAL
📊 Phase NA
Locations:
📍 University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

📋 Eligibility Criteria

Description

    Inclusion Criteria:

    • * children must be enrolled in a participating Head Start center
    • * children must be between 2 and 6 years old
    • * parent or primary caregiver must be 18 years or older
    • * parent/child English speaking
    • * ECE providers must be employed in participating Head Start center

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • * Parents will not be eligible to participate if their child is not eligible and/or not enrolled in the study
    • * ECE providers will not be eligible if they do not teach in a participating preschool classroom
Ages Eligible for Study: 2 Years to 6 Years (CHILD)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

🗓️ Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

  • First Submitted 18 January 2019
  • First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 23 January 2019
  • First Posted 25 January 2019

Study Record Updates

  • Last Update Submitted that Met QC Criteria 16 February 2024
  • Last Update Posted 20 February 2024
  • Last Verified February 2024